This is a collection of, probably, my favorite "bad" songs, or as Run-DMC stated in 'Peter Piper': "Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good". Some of the songs are not bad per se, such as the two blues songs nor the heart-breaking rendition of "Desperado", but they are all cult classics, either in the past or (in my book) in the future.
Enjoy!
"Heerrree, Fluffy..."
(track listing in comments)
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Bad Meaning Good collection -
culled from various sources, mostly WFMU's
blog.
0. XM Promo for the 70's channel. For those
of us who remember FM radio from the late
70's, this is as close as I've come to
hearing someone replicating the sound of
those radio promos.
1. Celebration - Strawberry Shortcake.
Funny at first, then Chris-Hansonishly
creepy when it gets to the "What's your
pleasure?" line. Simply because it's sung
by Strawberry Shortcake.
2. Big Cynthia - Big Women. Captured on
minidisc in '03 thanx to 90.9 FM out of
Huntsville, AL (the voice of the A&M
Bulldogs, I think). They played some
wonderful "Chittlin' Circuit" blues on the
weekend there, and this is one of two on
the file. Both will be scratchy, because I
was recording the music from Florence at
the time.
3. Jimmy Mitchell - Mac the Knife. If you
like this, I have a whole freakin' disc of
his stuff. The sheer ernestness of his
delivery is the sound of courage.
4. Ice Chest - Mel Waiters. More from 90.9.
Real scratchy at first, but wonderful.
5. Fish - Leona Anderson. First of two that
are simply indescribable. Enjoy, if you
can.
6. Fluffy - Gloria Balsam. Ditto.
7. Downtown - Mrs. Miller. Oh, dear Elva.
8. Cow Patty - Jim Stafford. Any child of
the seventies remembers this cult classic.
9. Mississippi Goddam - Nina Simone. Better
known for her blues and jazz singing, as
well as her magnum opus (as featured at the
end of 'Inland Empire'), 'Sinnerman', this
is more a neat riff. Funny, though.
10. Party Join Us - Shin Chan. Thanx to
Pink and Cartoon Network, I was introduced
to Shin Chan. This song is for Jordan more
than anyone else.
11. Desperado - Langley School Musical
Project. Far better than the original.
12. Lookin' for a Virgin - Sweat Talley.
For Pink.
Shake your blues away man. Fish? That's...... interesting. I love Fluffy. Am I right in asssuming a girl, not a girly boy, is singing it right?
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